[CMake] Bug? CMP0008 and inability to use .a libraries with MSVC

[Christian Ehrlicher]

> Von: Braddock Gaskill
> I am unable to use static GnuWin32 libraries using the lib*.a naming
> convention with an MSVC 8 2005 target.
> 
.a libraries are static libraries for MinGW. When you're using msvc you have to link against .lib.
It sometimes works that msvc can also link against a .a but that's not intented and therefore cmake doesn't allow it.


Christian
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